Valerian
and the City of a Thousand Planets
(12A) – what’s it about? The story follows Valerian an officer who must battle
against dark forces to save Alpha.
This was a nice bit of
sci-fi which was refreshing to see and in parts it reminded me of the Fifth
Element and Avatar but not enough that it should be compared to such films as
it’s not that much of an epic movie. It had its moments which were pretty great
and some good plot but there were bits that left me wanting answers – like how
Valerian could be a Major in his early 20s! Anyway yeah it was a good watch but
not out of this world sadly, I think 4*s is being generous but 3* is too little
– maybe a 3 ½ movie really.
Rating: ****
Atomic
Blonde (15) – what’s it
about? Lorraine an undercover agent travels to Berlin to find a list of double
agents.
So hmmmm what can I say
about this one without giving too much away, well its very sexy and brutal at
the same time, lots of violence and some story to boot – in the face with
stilettos on. It’s quite dark and none of this blight flashy lighting which
makes it gritty so along with the non-airy-fairy fighting stuff – it’s more to
the nose brawling in parts that makes it pretty ouch violent it and gives it
something different. I can’t really say much more without giving it away so I’m
going to shut up and just say I very much liked this one J
Rating: ****
The
Dark Tower (12A) –
what’s it about? Jake discovers his dreams are real and travels to another
world where he joins up with Roland to save The Dark Tower and the universe
from evil.
I wasn’t sure what this
one was going to be like as I thought before seeing it man I hope this isn’t
going to be following around a really annoying kid who really gets on my tits
for the whole film. Well it did follow around a kid for pretty much the entire
movie but he wasn’t an annoying kid so it made it ok to watch. The first part
of the movie was pretty slow and it took a while for it to get going but once
it did it was really going good. It was well acted and had a good story – a
good Stephen King adaption so if you like his stories then you’ll probably like
it. I would say it again is in between 4* and 3* so maybe a 3 ½ movie really.
Rating: ****
The
Hitman’s Bodyguard (15)
– what’s it about? Michael a bodyguard must get his new client who’s a hitman to
court to testify.
I wasn’t sure on this one
before seeing it, I thought it was going to be a complete pile of pants but it
was better than I thought it was going to be – but as that was complete shite it’s
probably not that hard to beat. It gave a few heh moments but nothing lol funny
for me, it was annoying in parts and the story wasn’t too in-depth as it was
just more an action-comedy – you know a leave your brain at the door movie. The
only good side to it was the action; the car chases, gun-slinging and fighting
were pretty good so that made up for the averageness of the humour. Think it’s
one of those if you have a certain sense of humour you’ll like it but if not
then you’ll just be like meh it’s alright.
Rating: ***
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